Borrowed time, borrowed home – a new way of travelling
There I was, sitting out in the garden in my Airbnb-rented home in Pornic, France, taking in the cool breeze coming off the Atlantic Ocean. There’s a bit of sunshine trying to break through the clouds. The house cat, Mouss, is on my lap. He knows where the most comfortable spot in the house is.It [...]
Lodgify to empower vacation rental owners in Asia and Europe
After successfully launching in the US, Lodgify, a travel technology start-up based in Barcelona, is now offering its Website Builder to European and Asian holiday rental owners.Lodgify enables holiday rental owners to easily create a website with a “Book now” button and manage their reservation [...]
Just How Large Is Last-Minute on Mobile? (With Apologies to Hotel Tonight)
It's been one of the hottest topics in digital travel circles for a few years now: last-minute and same-day hotel bookings via mobile. And of course the poster child for the trend has been HotelTonight, the phone-only same-day hotel booking app.I frequently reference the company when I speak at indu [...]
The sky’s the limit for AirAsia
All eyes are again on AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest low-cost carrier, as it places a firm order for 200 A320neos at the Paris Air Show, sets up a world-class aviation training centre in Sepang, has five new destinations under its belt and mulls over plans to fly to Africa.And some wonder wh [...]
The war for talent in Asia is causing havoc
As 2010 comes to a close, there is no doubt that there has been a remarkable recovery in the travel and tourism sector in Asia, which has been fuelled primarily by China, India and Singapore, all of which have seen some of the world's highest GDP growth in 2010.Asia Pacific region has seen a 14% yea [...]
They won big because of their love of travel
I think our winners can honestly tell you that it's not easy to put a video together. And that is why we decided to run a video competition titled 'Why I Love to Travel' in conjunction with the Web In Travel conference that just finished. If you wanted to win some great travel prizes, we wanted to [...]
Expedia goes to Seoul; Travelocity adds Android …
Expedia launches in South KoreaExpedia launched its Korean language website coinciding with the company's entrance into the South Korean travel market.Expedia Asia CEO Dan Lynn (left) stated the company opened its Korean language website earlier this month, making the country its eighth operational [...]
Top most read posts in 2010 on WIT
In case you're wondering, here's what you read most on WIT since we launched the website in April. Not sure what it says but we are sure it does say something.Travellers posting more reviews on OTAsKen You Stood OutHot off the press: Facebook TimesWIT unveils speakers list: 2010 programmesThe powe [...]
Tourism Australia banks on social advocacy to meet new targets
Social advocacy will be at the heart of Tourism Australia’s marketing strategy as it tries to ramp up its tourism industry to double visitor expenditure by 2020.Which is why it was rather ironic that there was no wireless access in the venue where the press conference was held to enable the intern [...]
Travelport dismisses AA’s allegations as ‘ludicrous and without merit’
Travelport says it intends to vigorously defend against a “ludicrous and meritless” antitrust lawsuit filed by American Airlines (AA) in Fort Worth, TX. This is the release issued by Travelport:“AA’s antitrust complaint contains significant factual inaccuracies, including, for example, wron [...]
